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Leaving Cert  appeals have 18% higher-grade rate

Leaving Cert appeals have 18% higher-grade rate

Just three of 9,267 results appealed were downgraded

Wed Oct 08 2014 - 11:28
ASTI threatens one-day strike   over Junior Cycle reforms

ASTI threatens one-day strike over Junior Cycle reforms

Teachers’ union votes overwhelmingly to extend industrial action but turnout was low

Wed Oct 08 2014 - 11:23
Cog Notes: Quinn has a treat but no tweet

Cog Notes: Quinn has a treat but no tweet

Tue Oct 07 2014 - 00:00
Regular upskilling to become mandatory for teachers

Regular upskilling to become mandatory for teachers

Educators asked to shape rules on standards for professional register

Mon Oct 06 2014 - 12:32
School-leavers should look at European options, says O’Reilly

School-leavers should look at European options, says O’Reilly

Students can study in EU colleges – ‘some with higher rankings than ours’ – at lower cost

Sat Oct 04 2014 - 08:49
Universities must merge to compete, experts say

Universities must merge to compete, experts say

Slip in rankings should be countered by consolidation according to policymakers

Fri Oct 03 2014 - 08:47
Science teachers told  to ignore consultation on Junior Cycle course

Science teachers told to ignore consultation on Junior Cycle course

Unions reject claim of U-turn after agreeing with stakeholders that process should go ahead

Fri Oct 03 2014 - 01:00
UCD drops out of world’s top 200 league table

UCD drops out of world’s top 200 league table

Sharp decline in rankings leads to calls for a reversal of cuts

Thu Oct 02 2014 - 09:16
Senator confirms son affected by medical student loans issue she raised

Senator confirms son affected by medical student loans issue she raised

Marie-Louise O’Donnell had accused Bank of Ireland of ‘financial thuggery’

Thu Oct 02 2014 - 01:00
A number of factors have sent Irish universities down the rankings

A number of factors have sent Irish universities down the rankings

Figures show income per student have fallen 22 per cent between 2008 and 2014

Wed Oct 01 2014 - 22:15
Science leads the way in inaugural ‘Teaching Hero’ awards

Science leads the way in inaugural ‘Teaching Hero’ awards

Winners for third-level were teachers who had ‘a key transformative impact’

Tue Sept 30 2014 - 21:17
Having a degree in Ireland adds about €350,000 in lifetime earnings, says OECD

Having a degree in Ireland adds about €350,000 in lifetime earnings, says OECD

Minister says she is not ‘kicking to touch’ third-level funding issue by setting up working group

Tue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Unthinkable: Are elite students just excellent sheep?

Unthinkable: Are elite students just excellent sheep?

Today’s elite students are technically gifted but risk-averse and typically stressed, says former Yale professor William Deresiewicz

Tue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Cog Notes: Dublin ITs steam ahead in university race

Cog Notes: Dublin ITs steam ahead in university race

Regions may lose out in technological university drive

Tue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Universities seek action on ‘crisis’ in  funding

Universities seek action on ‘crisis’ in funding

Irish Universities’ Association claims new austerity measures are not sustainable

Mon Sept 29 2014 - 11:43
Ministers to discuss concerns over medical students’ loans

Ministers to discuss concerns over medical students’ loans

Banks accused of ‘immoral’ behaviour of hiking up interest rates

Mon Sept 29 2014 - 01:00
Previously unpublished writer wins Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award

Previously unpublished writer wins Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award

Cork librarian kept his poetry to himself ‘mainly because I did not think it was up to standard’

Sat Sept 27 2014 - 11:13
Rise of 4% in support grant for Protestant fee-paying schools

Rise of 4% in support grant for Protestant fee-paying schools

Minister for Education rejects claims that reduced State support created false economy

Fri Sept 26 2014 - 13:20
Remembering TCD graduate who developed WWI vaccine

Remembering TCD graduate who developed WWI vaccine

More than 50 events open to the public as part of Discover Research Dublin

Fri Sept 26 2014 - 07:23
Voluntary school contributions can lead to ‘blackmail’

Voluntary school contributions can lead to ‘blackmail’

Department of Education €30m over-budget despite cuts, says Minister

Thu Sept 25 2014 - 09:29
School patronage reform is leading to religious  ‘segregation’, committee told

School patronage reform is leading to religious ‘segregation’, committee told

Iona Institute calls for retention of religious instruction rule

Wed Sept 24 2014 - 17:19
Change in  ‘archaic’ rule on religious teaching sought

Change in ‘archaic’ rule on religious teaching sought

Rule 68 decrees ‘religious spirit should inform and vivify whole work of school’

Wed Sept 24 2014 - 09:14
Report identifies ‘gap’ in sex education provision to teenagers

Report identifies ‘gap’ in sex education provision to teenagers

Sex education in schools too ‘formal’, say surveyed youths

Wed Sept 24 2014 - 08:29
Cog Notes: All together: what’s in a word?

Cog Notes: All together: what’s in a word?

Tue Sept 23 2014 - 16:47
Can ‘love-in’ between faculties answer life’s big questions?

Can ‘love-in’ between faculties answer life’s big questions?

Philosophers are increasingly drawing on psychology and neuroscience for inspiration

Tue Sept 23 2014 - 00:00
Minister urged to scale down junior reforms to break ‘impasse’

Minister urged to scale down junior reforms to break ‘impasse’

School managers say Junior Cert exam should be retained for trial period

Thu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
Mixing age groups in class affects  girls more than boys

Mixing age groups in class affects girls more than boys

Girls taught with older children had lower reading and maths test scores

Thu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
University rankings show decline in Irish colleges

University rankings show decline in Irish colleges

TCD drops from 61st to 71st, UCD unchanged at 139th

Tue Sept 16 2014 - 06:39
Schools seeking to reverse cuts targeting private education

Schools seeking to reverse cuts targeting private education

Seven private schools in dicussions with Department of Education

Tue Sept 16 2014 - 02:15
Minister faces up to cuts, Junior Certs  and equality

Minister faces up to cuts, Junior Certs and equality

The new Minister for Education only has about 18 months to prove herself. There is steel and no small amount of cunning behind Jan O’Sullivan’s genial exterior

Tue Sept 16 2014 - 00:00
Cog Notes: Three generations of BComms

Cog Notes: Three generations of BComms

Tue Sept 16 2014 - 00:00
Community expertise needed on housing crisis, says agency

Community expertise needed on housing crisis, says agency

Agency sets up new BA in housing and community studies

Sat Sept 13 2014 - 01:26
Students told they can register in college pending receipt of grant

Students told they can register in college pending receipt of grant

Majority of 100,000 applicants to SUSI system to learn fate next month

Fri Sept 12 2014 - 16:39

Should public office be reserved for the over 30s?

Plato may be inherently unfashionable but his ideas on compulsory national service and ‘moral’ education remain important

Fri Sept 12 2014 - 09:54
O’Sullivan rejects criticism of reforms

O’Sullivan rejects criticism of reforms

Minister rejects union claims that Junior Cycle plan a money-saving exercise

Thu Sept 11 2014 - 01:09
Junior Cert results point to  progress in science and maths

Junior Cert results point to progress in science and maths

Some 54 per cent of students took higher-level maths compared to 48 per cent in 2012

Wed Sept 10 2014 - 06:00
Government ‘working hard’ to provide young  with options

Government ‘working hard’ to provide young with options

Jan O’Sullivan says new apprenticeship council will ‘broaden opportunities’

Tue Sept 09 2014 - 14:34
OECD alarm at high rate of Irish young outside work or training

OECD alarm at high rate of Irish young outside work or training

Ireland’s education spend higher than average but ‘far below’ biggest spending states

Tue Sept 09 2014 - 14:29
School cutbacks ‘unsustainable’, officials warn Minister

School cutbacks ‘unsustainable’, officials warn Minister

O’Sullivan told that any further reduction in grants could ‘trigger’ school closures

Sat Sept 06 2014 - 01:00
Athlone IT makes a bid for university status

Athlone IT makes a bid for university status

All but three of State’s 14 institutes of technology have indicated a wish to become technological universities

Fri Sept 05 2014 - 01:01
Minister announces  preschool standards review

Minister announces preschool standards review

Only 12 per cent of Irish preschool workers are graduates: EU recommends 60 per cent

Fri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00
Would we be better off without the state?

Would we be better off without the state?

Given the crimes of the state, is it time we gave ‘libertarian anarchy’ a go?

Fri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00
Finishing touches as DIT opens doors in heart of Dublin city

Finishing touches as DIT opens doors in heart of Dublin city

Grangegorman staff prepare for the influx of the college campus’s first 1,000 students

Thu Sept 04 2014 - 01:00
Nationwide information meetings for special needs parents

Nationwide information meetings for special needs parents

Sessions will provide practical information on what educational services and supports are available in local areas

Thu Sept 04 2014 - 01:00
ASTI to ballot on strike action over Junior Cycle reforms despite meeting with Minister

ASTI to ballot on strike action over Junior Cycle reforms despite meeting with Minister

Minister for Education agrees to open talks next month with teacher unions

Thu Sept 04 2014 - 01:00
Some foreign language schools were ‘visa factories’

Some foreign language schools were ‘visa factories’

Unsustainably low fees should have raised alarm with regulators

Tue Sept 02 2014 - 22:14
Gill & Macmillan pulls out of third-level publishing

Gill & Macmillan pulls out of third-level publishing

Firm says sector’s revenue potential no longer justifies the investment required

Tue Sept 02 2014 - 16:12
Tighter regime for issuing of student visas announced

Tighter regime for issuing of student visas announced

Plan to regulate international education sector follows closure of schools for visa breaches

Tue Sept 02 2014 - 12:14
Teacher unions to meet new Minister over cuts and junior cycle reforms

Teacher unions to meet new Minister over cuts and junior cycle reforms

300 principals likely to leave this year, raising fresh concerns over school leadership

Mon Sept 01 2014 - 01:04
Lack of paperwork hindering school divestment programme

Lack of paperwork hindering school divestment programme

Just second school to be divested from religious patronage opens in Mayo today

Mon Sept 01 2014 - 01:01
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